Doug Kreuzkamp was shocked when news outlets reported that Google won an auction to buy a huge amount of operational data as part of Spirit Airlines’ bankruptcy proceedings.

Kreuzkamp founded a startup called Springshot in 2011, which created a widely used proprietary platform that helps humans and AI systems improve airline efficiency and quickly solve logistics problems so flights can stay on time and airlines can operate as smoothly as possible. Hundreds of airports use it globally.

Springshot powered Spirit’s technology stack for the last three years, right up to the “very last flight,” Kreuzkamp told Ars. Yet his company got no notice when Spirit prepared to auction off a massive dataset that he thinks likely improperly includes a substantial amount of data and intellectual property (IP) that Springshot owns—not Spirit.

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How AI can transform marketing from predictive to truly proactive.  https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/the-80-of-marketing-that-ai-should-take-off-your-plate-with-rafa-flores/

Both Anthropic and OpenAI have seen high-profile resignations in recent years that were tied to safety concerns.

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After a slew of C-suite exits, The Trade Desk sledged 15% of its workforce https://www.adweek.com/programmatic/is-the-trade-desk-running-out-of-room-to-turn-around/

Join the webinar for a focused, 20-minute discussion on Frontier Pace Governance, an approach to balancing automation, policy, and business risk as IT operations accelerate.

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Anthropic is most concerned about Claude Mythos 5’s reckless behavior after recent incidents in which real systems were hacked.

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The United States has now named six Chinese AI firms accused of waging industrial-scale attacks distilling US frontier AI model capabilities and perhaps sparing billions in Chinese development costs.

In a joint release Tuesday, the National Security Agency (NSA), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) alleged that DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, Alibaba, MiniMax, StepFun, and Z.AI have been attacking US models since at least late 2024. The firms “likely” acted with “Chinese government awareness” when extracting capabilities from US models, including variants of Claude, GPT, Gemini, and Grok, agencies said.

“China-based AI companies that conduct industrial-scale distillation against US AI models see significantly shorter AI development timelines and reduced financial expenditures in training a frontier model,” agencies said.

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Autodesk’s campaign puts real customers at the center of an emotional pitch for human creativity. https://www.adweek.com/creativity/amid-ai-hype-autodesk-turns-the-spotlight-on-human-makers/

How Mastercard, Newell Brands, and Uber Advertising are balancing performance marketing with brand building. https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/the-innovation-playbook-mastercard-newell-brands-and-uber-advertising-leaders-on-ai-data-and-brand-growth/

The request comes as OpenAI’s ad business surpassed $1 billion in annualized revenue in August. https://www.adweek.com/programmatic/advertisers-want-brand-safety-prompt-matching-incrementality-tracking-chatgpt-ads/